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SUMMARY:Working group: Unweaving the Web of Online Human Trafficking
DESCRIPTION: Internet and online networking sites are used both for the recruitment of trafficked people and for advertising their services. Researchers at Dundee University, St Andrews, Northumbria and Central European University are addressing how Internet and online social networks are increasingly used in human trafficking, in a scoping study funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Scottish Crucible scheme. The increasing accessibility and technical advantages of internet technologies and digital networks (including social networking sites and online classified websites) enable traffickers to operate with increased efficiency and anonymity in reaching out to larger audiences across geographical borders: both recruiting people and selling services provided by trafficked men, women and children. However, as Latonero observes, 'the extent to which online technologies are used in both sex and labour trafficking is unclear…little research is available on the role of online classified and social networking sites... - http://cps.ceu.edu/events/2013-03-28/working-group-unweaving-web-online-human-trafficking
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